Toy



Patented Apr. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT orf-leu` HEINRICH WIEFELSPTZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWENTY-THREE AND ONE-THIRD PER CENT TO KARL WIEFELSPUTZ, TWENTY-THREE AND ONE- THIRD PER CENT TO IHIRTY IER CENT TO OTTO WILLIAM WIEFELSPUTZ, F BROOKLYN, NEW

BECKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

YORK, AND

Application filed- July 28,

This invention relates to improvements in toys, and it is the principal object of my invention to provide a toy in which by air blown into the toy, the representations of figures, suoli for instance a hen and a chicken arranged on the outside of a housing are imparted movements contributing greatly to the amusement of young and old.

Another obj ect of my invention is the provision of a toy of this character in whichvthe movements of the figures are produced by the inflation of a rubber bag or bag of inflatable material, acting against plates laterally arranged to the bag within a suitable casing and attached to rods, the upper ends of which are displaceable within slots of the casing, and extend through the same to the outside where they carry the figures.

Still another object of my invention is the provision of a toy equipped with a pipe stem through which the air for inflating the bag is blown, and in which a whistle or flute of any desired construction is arranged to accompany the movements of the figures by a musical tune or tunes in harmony with the respective representations.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a toy of this nature in which the rods carrying the figure operating plates are connected at their lower ends by elastic means to be tensioned upon the operation of the figures and upon their expansion during the exhaust of the air carrying the figures back into their normal positions after each operation.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a toy of simple and inexpensive construction, yet durable and highly eilicient in operation, the casing for which may have any desired shape, for instance eggshape if the representation of for instance a hen and chicken are used.

These and other objects my invention will become more and advantages of fully known as the description thereof` proceeds, and will then be specifically defined in theV appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a sectional front elevation of a 1931. Serial No. 553,510,

to my invention,

toy constructed according line 1-1 of Figthe section being taken on ure 2. v

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the casing on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3-3 of Figure 2 also showing the stem 13` in crosssection.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of an operating plate and co-operating parts.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of casing.

As illustrated,a casing closed at its ends, as Vat 11 and 12, has formed with its wall al pipe stem 13 in which a whistle or iute 14 is arranged.

An inner lining 15 nected at its inner end within casing 10 with an inflatable bag 16 of suitable material for instance a rubber balloon or the like which, when air is blown through tube 15 to inflate the bag 16 will press against plates 17, 18, to which rods 19, 20 are attached, secured their lower ends in casing 10 and extending with their upper ends through slots 21, 22, in the casing, preferably the upperwall thereof where they carry representations of figures such as for instance as shown a hen 23 and a chicken 24 attached at their rear to the flattened upper ends 25, 26, of therods 19, 20.

The lower ends o bars or rods 19, 20, are connected within the casing or housing 10 by elastic means as for instance a spring 27.

In Figure 5, I have shown a modified `form of casing in form of an egg 28 the construction of the device being otherwise the' same as described above with respect to the preferred form of casing.

The device operates as follows:

Upon blowing air into stem 13 and its lining 15, the bag will be inflated and engage the plates 17, 18, to displace their rods 19, 20, laterally within the slots 21, 22, of the casing 10 to move the figures 24, 25, laterally apart.

Upon the interruption of the air supply the elastic connection 27 will draw the'figures of the stem 1,3 is conmit i l j 1,855,005

paratively short intervals will inove the ligures to and fro in rapid succession so as to create to the onlookers eyes the impression, if A for instance-the representations of a hen and her chi-ckare used, .that bothare picking morsels of food from the ground, and if the` flute in pipe stern 13 has an appropriate tune iti-will"fincrease the-illusion of picking fowl byjit's cluck-cluck tune. f It willbe'understoodv that I have described and shown the preferred forni of my inven-v tion as one example only of the many pos- A sible ways to practically construct the same," and that I may make such changes, therein 15 as come within the scope of the appended claim-,without departure from the spirit of myiinvention-and the principles involved,so for instancerI can replace the representations off hen and vi chicken v,by representations of other animals and humanbeings, etc. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I fclaimasnew and desire to, secure by-Letters Patent is: Y

t Attovcomprising a slotted casing, a stem formed therewith, an inner lining for said stem,- aA flute` within said stem, an. inflatable rubber balloon within said casing. attached to:saidlining, a pair of plates adapted to be engaged by the inflated balloon to which said V39 platesareattaohed, secured at their lower ends in said casing and extending' with their upper-flattened ends through the slots insaid casing, the representation of a hen attached toothec-iattened end of 'one rod, the repre sentationlofa chicken attached vto the flattened outer end ofthe other rod, and an elastic connection between the lower ends of saidvrods yallowing the guiding of the representations apart during the iniationof the "79 balloon and carrying thesame back into their posi-tion close to one .another after .each operation, for creatingtherillusion of picking foodrupongthe rapidinflation and deflation of said balloon.A

vSigned at New York in the county of New l York, and State of New York, this 27th day of-,July,AD. l93l. o

HEINRICH WIEFELSP TZ;

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